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The Last Emperor
The Nationalist Party in China, the Kuomingtang, whose leader was Sun Yixian, overthrew the last emperor of the Qing dynasty. -
WW1
Gavrilo Princip, a young member of the Black hand in Serbia, shot the heir the the Austria-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Austria wanted to punish Serbia, so Austria made demands that Serbia could not fulfill. When Serbia could not meet those demands, Austria-Hungary declared war. And since Europe was so tangled in allianced, the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia turned into a war between the countries of Europe -
US join the war
Germany, in an attempt to isolate Britain, used unrestricted submarine warfare. They sank 3 American ships, which outraged the US. Then the US intercepted a message written by Germany to Mexico saying they willl help Mexico reconquer their land of they sided with Germany. The US already favored the Allies, so they joined the war on the Allies side. -
Armistice
After the Central Powers crumbled, Kaiser Wilhelm II steps down and Germany becomes a republic. Germany then signs an armistice with France. -
Mohandas K. Gandhi
After the Amritsar Massacre, Mohandas K. Gandhi became a leader for the independence movement in India. When Britain did not punish the soldier responsible for the massacre, Ganhi encouraged the people to follow a policy of civil disobedience, which is a deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law. It was a nonviolent was to fight for independence. -
Mustafa Kemal
After the end of WW1, the Ottoman had to give up all its territories but Turkey. Greek soldiers invaded Turkey, but under the command of Mustafa Kemal, Turkey fought back the Greeks. After their victory, the nationalists overthrew the last Ottoman sultan. Mustafa Kemal became president of the new Republic of Turkey. -
The Long March
Jiang gathered a very large army and surounded the Communist's mountain stronghold. Realizing this, the Communitsts and their leader, Mao Zedong fled. After thousands of deaths and a year of walking 6,000 miles, they completed the journey from the mountains to the caves in northwestern China. Which was later called, the Long March